On Aug 13, 4:03 pm, Anton <anton.use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> martin kirjoitti:
>
> > You better be seriously thinking about it before Russia sends in the
> > peace keepers:
>
> At least on paper Finland seems to have a significantly stronger armed
> force than Georgia.
>
>
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/brzezinski-russias-invas...
>
> There is a discussion on the current caucasus crisis in the Finnish
> politics newsgroup. People there wonder why the tunnel from north to
> south ossetia was left in mint condition and why only one Russian
> armored brigade had the whole Georgian army on the run - and why it was
> allowed to enter unhindered in the first place.
>
> If those blokes are right, and Russians were entering only through this
> one single route it looks like it would have favoured the Georgians to
> try something similiar as what the Finns did to the USSR in 1939-40
> Raate Road battle:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raate_road
>
> I doubt wether the outcome would have been the same, but it probably
> would have bought the Georgians some time. Perhaps I'm underestimating
> the im****tance of air superiority here, which in modern times seems to
> be key in symmetric warfare.
>
> --
> Anton
I read somewhere that the Russians protected the Georgian side of the
tunnel with a division and some 100 tanks already by August 2nd.
Martin
